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• Kirk Marple How can I achieve self-documentation AND generality

  Here's the issue I am stuck with, and browsing through a ton of pattern books hasn't provided a solution as best I can tell. I have a problem that requires one of two possible solutions, and I am looking for perhaps a third that I'm not aware of. I have a set of classes that inherit from a base class, and each of these classes does some activity and returns a boolean result. The problem is that each of these classes requires a different numbe ...Show All

• Michael K. Barnett "Unique ID" server for multi-server app

  I'm building an ASP.NET app that I hope will scale to need multiple servers. For certain objects, I'd like to provide users with an "External ID". This would be either a user entered or randomly generated string, like "Fred's Data" or "q1g52xTK". This external ID would be associated with a GUID, and would allow the user to get at the object without having to know the GUID (such as at log-in). (They will also be a ...Show All

• j_kidd Software architecture... I'm stuck!

  Hi all! I'm currently stuck in the design process of my next app. This is nothing new as I've been trying to get past this particular hurdle (over several projects) for the last 3-4 years without much success. Everything goes well until the end of the requirement gathering phase. I have a list of detailed , categorized requirements and I think the next logical step would be to work on the architecture of the project at a highest possible level o ...Show All

• HK Why custom business object's while i can't update my database with them ?

  Hi, i have this big problem in my architecture : i want to build my object model by using the idea of collections, so i have a Customers object, a Customer object, an Orders object, and an Order object, and so on... the Problem is that those custom business objects, hold my data, and of corse, i want to update my database by using the data in those object's, and oop's, the DataAdapter don't accept custome business objects as a parameter !! (o ...Show All

• kaizenn the best design for human resources managment project

  Hello, i have this human resources project i have to do... the company has 4000 - 5000 employees.. the problem is i really do not know where to start.. and the best way to design it... i am totally confused.. should i use WS, or Remoting,, the project is internal, the DB will be hosted in a server within the same building the the clients will be using LAN to connect to the server, i guess remoting is great in this scenario although i have ...Show All

• Tara Nerurkar SOA and supporting products

  Hello I am a naive in implementing SOA using MS products, and forgive me, I mean SOA not just WebServices. I was wondering if there are products that supports WSE, Contemporary WebServices, I mean, other SW vendors provide Servers SW for managing orchestration, deploying BPEL, and so on. Does MS provide such software 'SW that I install directly to implement my enterprise's processes and services' I hope you can answer me. -- Th ...Show All

• Youcef How can I achieve self-documentation AND generality

  Here's the issue I am stuck with, and browsing through a ton of pattern books hasn't provided a solution as best I can tell. I have a problem that requires one of two possible solutions, and I am looking for perhaps a third that I'm not aware of. I have a set of classes that inherit from a base class, and each of these classes does some activity and returns a boolean result. The problem is that each of these classes requires a different numbe ...Show All

• rdrenker Have you tried NHibernate?

  I was just wondering... how many of you have tried using an Object Relational Mapper... perhaps something like NHibernate instead of the DataSet: NHibernate is a port of Hibernate Core for Java to the .NET Framework. It handles persisting plain .NET objects to and from an underlying relational database. Given an XML description of your entities and relationships, NHibernate automatically generates SQL for loading and storing the objects. ...Show All

• Chris Wu Design pattern for interactive communications between users

  We have a need for two users to communicate interactively over a VPN connection through a DMZ. We are considering a smart client (internet side) talking to a web server (in the DMZ) talking to a smart client (within our network). Wondered if anyone knew of a design pattern (or any other solution) to this problem. I am just curious here. how many connections are you talking about supporting a f ...Show All

• Ananth Iyer When to use XP

  I was asked in one of the other threads when I thought the proper context for using XP existed. Since it didn't really relate to that thread I thought I would extract it out in to a blog. It is here . I would be interested in feedback to see if you agree or have a different twist on it. I try adding feedback to your blog but it kept failing. I disagree strongly with needing to be a domain expert. ...Show All

• rickyrulz How I can let users to extend database schema?

  Hi. Your help is very appreciated. I want to build an app that is basically a client db. For that I am contructing a "client" class (that has - name, address, contact details etc...). However, I want to enable my users, to add properties to my "client" class WITOUHT needing to change my code . i.e. some clients might require an "age" and "annual income" properties as part of the "client" class. Which design pattern(s) might assist me ...Show All

• Hoppe Version Checking & upgrading in XP

  Can anyone tell me where to search for versions of Windows XP Professional How can I know that my OS is 64bits or 32 bits supporting system Moreover I want to know about the versions of sp1 & sp2_are both of them 64 bit if any XP ver is 32 bits then which one is it If anyone upgrade from sp1 to sp2 from microsoft.com then he has to download the Whole file(300mb file or above)or lesser amount of file or extensin Which one is latest i ...Show All

• stayfitsoftware Design Patterns

  What is the usage of common GoF design patterns in daily coding I ask this because as a developer I'm constantly trying to improve both my code and my overall design, to create software that's easy to maintain and easy to extend--- hopefully easy to change without effecting the 'client' aspect through the use of interfaces etc--- Is there a more straight forward application of certain design patterns For example, does anyone sit down and actu ...Show All

• Mike Jensen How can I achieve self-documentation AND generality

  Here's the issue I am stuck with, and browsing through a ton of pattern books hasn't provided a solution as best I can tell. I have a problem that requires one of two possible solutions, and I am looking for perhaps a third that I'm not aware of. I have a set of classes that inherit from a base class, and each of these classes does some activity and returns a boolean result. The problem is that each of these classes requires a different numbe ...Show All

• Frank Laszlo What about Software Architecture?

  All I have seen so far in VSTS 2005 is new tools for the System Architect, Developer, Tester, and Project manager.   I'd like to hear what Microsoft is planning for the Software Architect. In my Blog on DSL tools ( http://realworldsa.dotnetdevelopersjournal.com/dsl.htm   ) I summarize my thoughts on how much of a mess I think they are going to create in the industry. I would like to hear some thoughts on what MS is planni ...Show All